Motor-car memorandum holder



April 21, 1931. F. E. BLANC 1,802,303

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INVENTOR 22K BY ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 21, 1931 UNITED STATES P ATE-NToFFIcE FRANK E. BLANC, 0F KNoxviLLE, TENNESSEE MOTOR-CAR MEMORANDUMHOLDER Application fiIed September 21,1929. Serial No. 394,257.

sheets may be shifted at will, and means for retaining the holder on itssupport and for retaining the sheets in the holder.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe novel construction and arrangement of elements disclosed, itbeingunderstood that modifications may be made within the scope of theclaim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming part of this application Figure l is aperspective'view showing conventionally the usual elements adjacent tothe engine of a motor car, and including the brace rod extendingrearwardly from the radiator and above the engine, and

' selected as the most suitable and convenient mounting device for thememorandum holder. 7

Figure 2 1s a lace View of the holder with the retaining means inextended position.

Figure 3 is a perspective view'showing the holder chiefly from the rearthereof and showing the rod from which it is supported, in dotted lines.

Figures 4 and 5 illustrate a modification in which the retaining meansinclude a bolt or screw and a thumb nut.

In Figure 1 the engine, shown conventionally, is designatedlO, theradiator is illustrated at 11, and a brace rod 12 occupies the usualposition above the engine, and between the radiator and cowl.

The memorandum holding device includes a plate of sheet metal, such astin or aluminum, the main portion thereof being designated 14, and saidplate having an upward extension 15 provided with transverse slots 16and 17, or openings of other suitable form. V

TA tongue '18 is formed, on the extension 15, and it will be observedthat the complete device is readily made from a single blank sheet. Theend portion of the tongue may be tapered as shown at'19, and the stripbeing of thin material, is readily folded overf'so far asthe tongue 18is concerned, so that it may be bent around any supporting element,"suchas rod 12. Although the device will maintain 'its position under certainconditions, without dlsplacement, if

attached only in the manner just indicated,

it is usually desirable to'deflect the end portion of the tongue'firstlhru upperslot 16, rearwardly and thence outwardly or for wardlythru'slot '17, the forwardly extending portion being bowed outwardly andforming a type of resilient card or sheet holding device, with theextreme end 19 extending inwardly toward the plate 14:.

The edge portions of the plate 14: are folded over to form flanges andchannellike portions at the sides, as shown at 20 and 21, and also atthe bottom as shown at 22. The sheets or cards are to be insertedbetween the elements 20, 21 and 22, and a transparent sheet, usually ofcelluloid will be employed and placed in front of the data sheet orsheets. These sheets will carry any suitable wording as for instancethat Q shown in Figure 2, and relating to the care. of the engine, orother portions of the car including the battery, the lights and thebrakes.

The sheets to be used may be readily shifted when two or more areemployed, and in order to prevent displacement from the holder under anyconditions of usual vibration of the vehicle, the outwardly deflected,portion of the tongue 18, shown especially at the point 18, serves as aresilient obstruction, readily releasing the cards when desired butpreventing displacement accidentally.

In the modification illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 the plate member 14corresponds with that just described, and it is also proitled withflanges forming channels along three edge portions.

The extension 15 is provided with an aperture 24, and the tongue 25 isprovided with a series of apertures as indicated at 26, and a bolt orscrew 27 passing thru aperture 24 and any of the apertures 26, is to Ibe retained by a wing nut 28, providing clamping action between the endportion of the tongue 25 and an adjacent portion thereof, or moreparticularly the portion What is claimed is A memorandum holdercomprising a plate, side flanges formed on the sides and one end of saidplate to slidably receive from one end of the plate an indicia bearingcard, an extension formed on the last mentioned end of said plate andhaving spaced slots located adjacent the plate, and

a flexible tongue formed on the end of said extension and bent about asupport with the end of the extension located adjacent the support, saidtongue bent to extend through one slot from one direction and then bentto extend through the adjacent slot from an opposite direction andinclining downwardly and outwardly to overlie a portion of the card toretain said card in the flanges and upon the plate and permit theremoval of the card when the free end of said tongue is flexed upwardlyfrom the plate.

an In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

FRANK E. BLANC.

